The first BETA release of Eudora version 8.0.0b1 (which includes the Penelope extension version 0.1a21) is now available for download. Use the links below to download. Please see the README below (which is the same as the downloadable ReadMe) for information on how to submit bug reports, etc.. [1]
Developers at the Mozilla Foundation have released the first beta versions of the new Eudora email application.
The Eudora 8.0 beta releases for Mac and Windows are the first new versions of since Qualcomm discontinued commercial development of the application in October 2006, turning it over to the open source community.
Since then, a new version of Eudora codenamed Penelope has been built from elements of Mozilla’s Thunderbird. [2]
First trap for new players, is that Eudora 8.0.0b1 is using the Thunderbird mail settings C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\guffeyub.default\Mail\
and we cannot use the old call and point routine that we used in the older versions
eudora.exe c:\%username%\mail\
Possibly best to treat this as a Thunderbird migration than a Eudora replacement at this stage.
“Penelope is an extension to Thunderbird, and Eudora is a branded version of Thunderbird with some extra modifications. Some features we are working on can be implemented in an extension like Penelope, but some require changes to the core of the Thunderbird code and therefore have to be made in Eudora. It is our hope that many of our changes will find their way into the core Thunderbird code base, but we realize that not all of them will. The Mozilla folks have been positive about inclusion of our changes in to Thunderbird.” — Jeff Beckley, co-project lead at Qualcomm [4]
[1] Penelope Releases [MozillaWiki]
[2] Mozilla quietly resurrects Eudora (2007-SEP-05) [iTnews]
[3] Mozilla Quietly Resurrects Eudora (2007-SEP-05) [Slashdot]
[4] Qualcomm sets the record straight on Penelope (Hint: it’s not Eudora 
(2007-SEP-05) [Linux.com]
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